Cutaneous nocardiosis: A case report and an electron microscopic study on granules of Nocardia asteroides in human cutaneous tissues.
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 1884-6971,0583-0516
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm1960.28.385